1. Oxford Street is to become Pedestrianised
2. Drones to carry Blood between Hospitals in Central London




Teacher Joseph's Podcast

News Stories from London

مردی هست که عادت دارد با چتر بکوبد توی سرم - فرناندو سورنتینو 
There is a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella - Fernando Sorrentino 

Farsi with Zubin 

Episode 1: There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella - مردی هست که عادت دارد با چتر بکوبد توی سرم

Namaste 🙏 
In this podcast you will learn when to use "HO" and "HUNCHHA"

Chhittai bhetaülaa !


Learn Nepali with Rijendra

HO & HUNCHHA

Do you believe people are born with a certain amount of ability and intelligence? Or do you think these things can be changed through effort and education?

Your answers to these questions may decide how well you chase your own goals in life!

Researchers in Norway looked at over 1,500 people aged 13 to 77.

Participants filled out a survey asking them questions about how much they think people's abilities and intelligence can grow with effort and education.

They also filled out two more surveys: one asking how passionate they are about the things they are interested in, and one asking how persistent — and consistent — they are in chasing their goals.

For example, they were asked how much they agree with statements such as, "I use a lot of time on the projects I like," for passion, and "I finish whatever I begin," for persistence.

The researchers then looked at the people who got the 5% highest and lowest scores for belief in people's ability to grow.

It was found that those with the greatest belief in growth also had significantly higher scores in passion and persistence.

Interestingly, although 60% of all the study participants were women, in the group with the lowest belief in growth almost 60% were men.

"The belief in growth is important for large parts of our society," said Hermundur Sigmundsson, one of the study's authors. "This is true for school, sports, work and family life."

The authors also pointed to other studies that have found that it's possible to help people believe in personal growth — particularly as children — and that this can result in greater persistence.

Looking at their own results, the researchers said it can be argued that belief in your ability to grow may be important for both passion and persistence.

However, they also noted that it could also be that passion, perseverance and belief in growth all support each other.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Want to Succeed? Believe You Can Grow!

A few more Swiss expressions coming your way :)

Swissitude 

Jargon 2

春秋时代，齐国有个人叫毛空，他爱听那些没有根据的传说，然后再把自己听到的津津有味地讲给别人听。

有一次，毛空听到一只鸭和一块肉的事，他觉得非常稀奇，便告诉他的朋友艾子。他说:“有一个人，养了一只特别能生蛋的鸭，那鸭一天能生一百多个蛋。” 他见艾子笑了，又说:“那天，从天上掉下一块肉，那块肉长有三十丈, 宽有十丈。”

艾子笑着问道:“真的吗?有那样长的肉吗?” 毛空急忙说:“噢，那就是长二十丈。”艾子仍不相信。

他又改口:“一定是十丈长了。” 艾子说:“你说的那只鸭是谁家养的?你说的那块肉掉在了什么地方?” 毛空支支吾吾说不出来，只好说:“我是在路上听别人说的。”

后来人们就用“道听途说”这个成语指不可靠的，没有根据的传闻。

举例：

现在网络这么发达，在网上我们可以看到各种各样的信息，有些并非是真的。我们需要有自己的想法，而且要正确地判断那些信息的真实性，不要道听途说，否则就变成散播谣言啦。




In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Mao Kong in the state of Qi. He liked to listen to those baseless legends, and then told others what he heard with interest.
Once, when Mao Kong heard about a duck and a piece of meat, he felt very strange, so he told his friend Aizi. He said, "There was a man who raised a duck that can lay eggs. That duck can lay more than 100 eggs a day." Seeing AI Zi smiling, he said, "That day, a piece of meat fell from the sky. It was 300 feet long and 100 feet wide."
AI Zi smiled and asked, "Really? Is there REALLY such long meat?" Mao Kong hurriedly said, "Oh, that's twenty feet long, then." AI Zi still doesn't believe it.
He changed his words again: "It must be 200 feet long." AI Zi said, "Who raised the duck you said? Where did the meat you said fall?" Maokong hesitated and couldn't say it, so he had to say, "I listened to others on the road."
Later, people used the idiom "dào tīng tú shuō" to refer to unreliable and groundless rumors.

An example:
Now the Internet is so developed that we get all kinds of information online, some of which are not true. We need to have our own ideas and correctly judge the authenticity of those information. Don't listen to hearsay, otherwise it will become spreading rumors.

HSK6 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

02. 成语故事--道听途说 Idiom Story--dào tīng tú shuō

La Navidad en México es un momento especial para millones de familias que se reúnen para participar en diversas tradiciones. Cada año, las festividades nos permiten sumergirnos en un sinfín de luces, sabores y sonidos que nos traen esperanza y nos recuerdan la importante herencia cultural de nuestro país.

Esta temporada nos brinda la oportunidad de promover los lazos de nuestra comunidad y vivir los principales valores de la Navidad: la unión familiar, la gratitud y la paz.
Desde el inicio de la temporada navideña, el 16 de diciembre con las posadas, hasta el día de la Epifanía el 6 de enero, la alegría se respira en las calles adornadas con luces navideñas y flores de nochebuena.

Las posadas se llevan a cabo a lo largo de nueve días en los que los fieles católicos recrean el peregrinaje de María y José a Belén para el nacimiento de Jesús. Cada noche, las familias entonan cantos y villancicos acerca de la celebración; participan en las pastorelas navideñas y realizan actividades, como romper la colorida piñata con siete picos.

Rellena de frutas y dulces, la piñata representa los siete pecados capitales y, al romperse, simboliza la victoria de la fe sobre ellos, así como la dicha de vivir en la gracia y los valores de la Navidad.
La Nochebuena es el corazón de la celebración navideña en México. Cada 24 de diciembre, las familias se reúnen para festejar el nacimiento de Jesús, agradecer las bendiciones recibidas durante el año y disfrutar alrededor de la mesa de exquisitos platillos típicos. También la variedad culinaria en cada región es muestra de la diversidad mexicana y de la preservación de nuestra herencia cultural.

Mientras que en el centro del país solemos disfrutar del bacalao, los romeritos y el pavo; en el norte la cena no está completa sin los tamales en hoja de maíz; ni el sur sin la tradicional cochinita pibil. Cualquiera que sea el platillo de la noche, se acostumbra continuar la celebración acudiendo a las pastorelas, a la misa de Gallo a la...

Spanish México

LA NAVIDAD EN MÉXICO.

今回はNBAについて話しました。見始めた2008-2009シーズンごろの思い出を語っていきます！

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:36 ボストン・セルティックス
9:45 アレン・アイバーソン
11:14 ジャマール・クロフォード
12:56 ブレイザーズ
14:45 ナゲッツ
15:47 レイカーズ

☆語彙
中堅（ちゅうけん）
物（もの）おじせず
確執（かくしつ）
闘志（とうし）
献身的（けんしんてき）
退場（たいじょう）
真偽（しんぎ）
自伝（じでん）
策士（さくし）
不謹慎（ふきんしん）


"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

Memories of NBA from 2008-2009/NBAの思い出

A different technique for accent reduction.